Wall sherd. The fragment has been smoothed, slurried and primed on both sides. Its exterior is painted and polished. The paint and primer are partially eroded. The pottery has a cinnamon-coloured base, which is painted black and red. The fragment is decorated with two parallel bands coloured red and black. A red, U-shaped decoration is attached to the black band, which appears to depict the coiled and dotted body of a snake-like creature. According to Lothrop 1926: highland polychrome ware, two headed monster. Cultural significance: the pottery of the Mora group was produced in the north-west of Costa Rica and traded to the Central Highlands and the Atlantic region of the country. It uses design elements (seated anthropomorphic figures with headdresses, mat motif, Kan cross) that are also known from the Maya ceramics (Copador group) of the Clásico Tardío (900-600d.C.). The variant has been documented both in burials and in settlement contexts. It does not occur in Nicaragua. (Künne 2004)